@David Jackson can probably nail this for you from the title/estate angle.Usually the father's interest, 1/3 interest will then go to his heirs, if there were 12, 1/3 is divided equally among the 12.As folks pass on, you can have a real title nightmare after those 12 or so get married and divorce or pass on .....just gets messy.

Or if you were hanging a picture and needed to hammer in a nail, and I handed you a 10 pound sledge you'd wonder if I was being funny (right tool, not the best purpose for that size of tool).If you are a high net worth individual looking at buying rentals, the returns might be great but the risk to your other assets by buying a rental is an issue.

Also, wind-driven rain is pushed through the gaps causing moisture to penetrate "the envelope".McVey offers a "lifetime" warranty, but I still have to pay for the labor to pull the oak interior trim, exterior trim, cut the calking out, pull the nails, drop the old window out and put the replacement in, and trim everything back up. 

Some of my tenants will do touch up painting and leave the place looking great, while others leave lots of rub marks and finger prints and small nail holes, or they patch all the nail holes leaving huge white spots everywhere.  

Lenders are getting nailed. 

So how do you differentiate on the spreadsheet if there are a lot of items (appliances, tools, supplies like wood, nails, etc...)

Suspension is totally shot, brakes fail without notice, E-brake snapped, glow plugs do not work, wipers held on with a few bent nails, it leaks everything, has 240,000 miles, and the dash looks like a christmas tree and it has only caught on fire once so far... but I paid for it with the cash in my pocket 5 years ago and it runs, which is obviously all that matters to me!

Be aware that all businesses will charge you 8% (may change) the services, that means your contractor, barber, nail salon, tax preparer; if they don't make the 100k mark, they keep that 8%.

To a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail.

So many others have nailed the key here, you can accumulate all kinds of information for free, some can take it and run, some need the hand holding and step by step guidance.